Breastfeeding, weaning practices and anthropometric status of children in Morogoro district, Tanzania

Ecology of Food Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-338

  Mosha, T C ^a   Laswai, H S ^a   Dakiyo, S O S ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Children; Growth patterns; Infant; Lactation; Nutritional anthropometri c status; Weaning

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WEANING;

MOROGORO; TANZANIA;

EID: 0032322719     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1998.9991551     Document Type: Article

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